Strainer



HIYE. LEECH.

SIR/UNER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. I9, 1919.

Patented Aug. 31, 1921).

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i i I F HENRYEARNEST LEECH, or LIVE OAK, FLORIDA. l

STRAINER.

Specification of LettersPatent. Patented Allg. 31, 1920.

Application filed November 19, 1919. Seria1-No. 339,007.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY" EARNEST LEECH, citizen of the United States, residing at Live Oak, in the county of-Suwanee and State of Florida, have invented certain new' and useful Improvements in Strainers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying draw- `his invention relates to strainers and particularly to a strainer for separating foreign matter from a liquid or a solid substance and has for its object to provide a device of this character which includes means for the fusion of substances such asy turpentineand gum to cause the same to lose the foreign particles therein while passing through the device to the strainer.

Another object is the provision of a de vice of this character which returns the heat, after its circulation, to its source of suppl)7 so as to prevent waste. A

Another object is to provide-a strainer, one portion of which is surrounded by heat and in which the heat does not directly engage the substances to be strained.

Another object is the provision of a de- I tion and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more particularly described, fully claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which The figure is a verticalelevated sectional view of a strainer constructed in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.

Referring to the drawings A designates. a receiving receptacle such as a` steel kettle including aneck B adapted to receive one end of the strainer` 5. The strainer consists of a frusto-conical member including an outer wall 6 and an inner wall 7 the upper wardly andl connected to the lower end of the wall 6 to provide a lower wall 10. By` the coperation of the walls 6 and 7 andthe v A walls 8 and 1() an annular chamber is formed which surrounds the innerv wall `7. This chamber is intended to receive heat such as steam through an inlet 11 located adjacent4 the upper end of the wall 6, the steam circulating around the inner wall 7 within the chamber and leaving the same through the outlet 12. The steam is received from a boiler by means of the conduit 13 andafter use is returned by means of the conduit 111 connected `to the outlet 12. By this means steam'is not wasted.

A plurality of brackets 15 are secured to the innery wall 7 .at its lower portion, the brackets being disposed in rows, one above the other in spaced relation thereto. The

lower row o f brackets are situated adjacent the lower extremity of the inner wall and are intended to support a strainer 16 of small mesh.- The next row of brackets are arranged tosupport a strainer 17 of medium mesh, while the row of brackets above the medium meshed strainer support a strainer 18 of relatively large mesh.' The lower end of the strainer l5, is provided with an annular downwardly tapering stand 19 adapted to engage the upper portion of the receptacle A so as to hold the lower end of the strainer in the neck B. i

In the use of the strainer, steam is admitted throughthe inlet 11 and circulates within the chamber so as to heat the inner Wall 7. Turpentine, gum or like substance is then deposited in the strainer and in view of its conical formation the substance is fed downvthe incline thereof to the lower end. During thisv movement, the heated inner wall causes the fusion of the substance so as to loosen the foreign particles contained therein and when the substance reaches the strainers, the foreign matter is removed by the three. sets of strainers according'to the size of said matter so that the substance leaves the strainer in a pure condition, all foreign matter being. retained by -the strainers. After the steam has circulated -within the heating chamber, it leaves the the atmosphere so that the heat-of the nner f wall is-retained, thereby causing rapid fur' tacle .of conventi nal form and' capable of purifying not 'o y' liquids, but substances in a semi-solid s ate such as gum and eiliciently removes/the .foreiwn substances, so that its utility is unlimite What is claimed is:

The combination with a kettle having an enlarged neck, of a strainer comprising a single length of material tapered from the intermediate portion to its ends, one end portion df said length being extended back upon said length in spaced parallel relation to the other end portion to that can be easil); positioned on any recepprovide a heat chamber, said length being formed into a frustum-conical casing, the ends of said length being connected to each other, heat inlet and outlet ports for said chamber, strainers disposed within the inner casing, an inverted frustum-conieal stand connected to the' outer surface of the heating chamber adjacent the lower end of the strainer, said stand holding the lower end of the strainer within the neck of the kettle in annular spaced relation thereto and coperating with the kettle to prevent the escape of heat.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

HENRY EARNEST .LEEGH V 

